One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness…

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Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time...

Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time...

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of...

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of...

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree...

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree...

The school-boy doesn't force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but...

The school-boy doesn't force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but...

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never...

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never...

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter...

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter...

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually...

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually...

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These...

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These...

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject.

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject.

The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical...

The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical...

Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is...

Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is...

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent...

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent...

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all...

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all...

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of...

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of...

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be...

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be...

A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that...

A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that...

On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is...

On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is...

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance...

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance...